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'A Précis of the Relations of the British Government with the Tribes and Shaikhs of 'Arabistan By Lieutenant A T Wilson, Acting Consul for Arabistan' [48r] (100/143)
The record is made up of 1 volume (68 folios). It was created in 1912. It was written in English and Farsi. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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Annex. IV.
Translation of lease of Messrs. Lynch Brothers 'premises at Ahwaz.
-d ^ s ? r . s -. Lynch require a house and warehouse for their trade at
Bandar ]S asm in Ahwaz, His Excellency the Nizam-es-Saltaneh, with the
permission of the Persian Government, undertakes to cause the necessary
buildings to be erected according to the plans signed and supplied by Messrs-
Lynch and to let the said buildings to Messrs. Lynch at the rate of 15 per
cent, stated in the following articles :—
(£) The cost of the buildings to be paid in cash to Messrs. Lynch, who
will undertake the work themselves.
{ii) Messrs. Lynch Brothers agree to spend as little money as possible
on the buildings. At the same time economy is not to prevent
the work being efficiently carried out.
{Hi) Twenty thousands Krans will be paid to Messrs- Lynch in advance.
The remainder of the money will be paid according to the
accounts produced on the completion of the buildings.
{iv) Messrs. Lynch undertake to pay interest on the money advanced to
them for the construction of the buildings from the date of the
advance of the money up to the time the lease begins. The
interest will be regulated according to the interest paid by the
Imperial Bank of Persia. The lease begins from the time that
the buildings are completed and occupied.
(v) The rent payable by Messrs. Lynch will be at the rate of 15 per
cent, per annum on the capital expended in constructing the
buildings. The rent will be paid in Krans current at Ahwaz,
or, if the Nizam-es-Saltaneh desires at Tehran in Krans current
there.
(vi) No repairs are to be made without the special permission of the
Nizam-es-Saltaneh. The necessary repairs are to be brought to
the notice of the Nizam-es-Saltaneh and the work began after
his sanction has been obtained.
(vii) Such repairs must not be carried out in any other buildings (subse
quently erected) but in the buildings constructed according to
this contract.
(viii) Should it be desired to add to the buildings the former rent will
be increased at the rate of 15 per cent.
{ix) The period of the lease will be specified by the British Legation
and the Sadr A’zam at Tehran.
{x) Such buildings as may legally or habitually injure or diminish the
rent of these bu/iiaings shall not be erected by Messrs. Lynch
or by any other person or persons near the buildings above-
mentioned-
(xi) The erection of such buildings as the Company may hereafter
require for the development of their trade or for the storing of
their goods must be first suggested to the Nizam-es-Saltaneh
and should he be unable to meet their wishes or see an obstacle to
the erection of further buildings then with the sanction of the
Nizam-es-Saltaneh the Company will have the right to refer the
proposals to other persons.
(xii) Three months before the expiration of the lease the Company shall
give notice to the Nizam-es-Saltaneh in order that he may
send his agent to the spot to take over the buildings which must
be in good condition.
{xiii) This contract will come into force on the day it is signed and ex*
changed in duplicate between Messrs. Lynch and the Nizam-es-
Saltaneh or the agents of the contracting parties.
(xiv) These documents will be certified on the part of the Nizam-es-
Saltaneh by the Persian Government and on the part of Messrs.
Lynch by the British Legation at Tehran.
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This volume consists of a précis issued by the Government of India which provides comprehensive details regarding the history of relations between the British Government and the tribes and rulers of 'Arabistan. The volume is divided into eleven sections as follows:
- I. British Interests in 'Arabistan;
- II. 'Arabistan: Internal Politics up to the death of Haji Jabir and genealogical table of Shaikhs of Mohammerah, 1527-1881;
- III. Shaikh Miz'als's rule, 1882-1897;
- IV. Shaikh Khaz'al's rule, 1897-1910;
- V. Shaikh Khaz'al and the Persian Customs;
- VI. Shaikh Khaz'al: Political Relations with British Government;
- VII. Piracies;
- VIII. Turko-Persian Frontier Question;
- IX. Shaikh of Mohammerah and Turks;
- X. Irrigation in 'Arabistan;
- XI. Acquisition and Tenure of Land in 'Arabistan with Annexes.
Between folios 51-70, the volume contains a number of appendices including copies of various relevant agreements. On folios 69-70, the volume contains the Persian text of a concession granted to the Nasiri Company for running ships from Ahwaz to Shushtar.
The volume was compiled by Lieutenant Arnold Talbot Wilson, Acting Consul for 'Arabistan. The printing statement reads, 'Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing, 1912'
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- 1 volume (68 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume opens with a contents page (folio 4) followed by a prefatory note (folio 5), a list of relevant officials (folio 6), a schedule of appendices (folio 7), eleven chapters of text (folios 8-50) and ends with sixteen appendices (folios 51-70).
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 70; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An original printed pagination sequence is present in parallel between ff 8-65.
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- 'A Précis of the Relations of the British Government with the Tribes and Shaikhs of 'Arabistan By Lieutenant A T Wilson, Acting Consul for Arabistan'
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- 47r:48v, 54v:55r
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- Lynch Brothers
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